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Bush in Black and in Color
Uncovered: The War in Iraq
Robert Greenwald, United States, 87 minutes

We do not usually write columns about feature films presented at the market. With more than a hundred major titles to review in different sections, there is a lack of time as well as space to go see hundreds more that are going through underground negotiations. Nevertheless, when all the selections have missed what would have made a remarkable world premiere, we have to repair the injustice. Yes, Uncovered: The War in Iraq is a documentary. Yes, it looks like television, of course, and that is because a lot of shots come from television archives. But what a burning piece! Greenwald, renowned documentarian, has reviewed everything from speeches by Bush, Rice, Powell and so on and he offers us an anthology of such. Over there, where news makes a nail push the other, he reactivates our memory. It is a fast forward of the past year’s lies, including those of weapons of mass destruction, clandestine uranium, labs on wheels, as it is amazing to be able to measure in a so short time the subtle changes in the speeches from the certitudes and triumphs from the beginning. In parallel, Greenwald makes all the people he interviewed talk; agents of the CIA, members of weapons inspections committees, and military experts. The result is flawless, making Uncovered: The War in Iraq a work of public interest to be distributed in emergency.
(translated from French)

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